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Brazil

Where is Brazil?

Brazil is home to at least 103,870 animal species and between 43,000 and 49,000 plant species. Each year about 700 new animal species are discovered in Brazil! Brazil Facts It is estimated that 20% of the world’s biodiversity is found in Brazil.

The Amazon The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. The Amazon river is over 6,600 km long. The Amazon is home to one in ten of all known animals and plants.

Animals found in the Amazon JaguarBoto

Animals found in the Amazon Red-bellied piranhaEmperor tamarin

Green anaconda Dyeing poison frog Animals found in the Amazon

There are also more than 30 million people living in the Amazon. The Amazon provides people with jobs, food and water. Unfortunately the Amazon is threatened by deforestation. The Amazon

An area the size of three football pitches is disappearing every minute.

Endangered Species Many of the species that live in the Amazon are considered to be endangered species. The conservation status of a species indicates how great the risk is of that species becoming extinct in the near future: Extinct Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened Least Concern The Brazilian bared-faced tamarin is Endangered

Your Task In pairs, imagine that you are wildlife TV presenters who have been sent into the depths of the Amazon to film a rare endangered species! Use the Fact Files provided to find out more about the Amazon and your chosen species. You can use this information to create your very own script.